Accomplishments

Seydel

Private Kendel Seydel, daughter of Jamie and Cassie Seydel, and granddaughter of Dave and Pam Seydel, completed Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill in Oklahoma on August 16th. She is currently attending AIT at Fort Sam Houston in Texas. Upon completion she will serve with the Iowa National Gauard 209th Medical Company in Iowa City. Congratulations! Love Mom & Dad

Nefzger

Patrick Nefzger, along with Dr. Andrew Parker and Robert Crane, had a wonderful musical adventure in June singing his way through Ireland, Wales, Scotland and London. With his fifty years of Handel's Messiah under his belt (forty years with Weston Noble of Luther College), Nefzger was delighted to sing his first Dublin Concert in Christ Church, the very same church that Handel himself first performed Messiah! After singing in cathedrals throughout England, he crossed paths with Marketa Dvorzak of Prague, Czech Republic, in the middle of London! Marketa is the great-great-granddaughter of the composer Antonin Dvorzak, and 2013 is the 20th anniversary of Marketa's family visiting Spillville, Iowa in 1993-the centennial of Antonin Dvorak's own visit there in the summer of 1893.

Donohoe

Congratulations on your retirement, Val Donohoe! Val retired yesterday, June 28th to spend time with her family and to travel with her husband and (as those of you who know her know) to go to the casino. Iowa City West High School is going to miss her helpful expertise and smiling face at the front office. Val had previously worked at Hawkeye State Bank as well as Iowa State Bank. Her last step in her working career was an exciting twenty years spent at Iowa City West High. Help us congratulate a woman who has always been a dedicated and hard worker, a wonderful wife and a caring Grandma and wish her many exciting new adventures to come.

We love you,Your husband, kids and grandkids

Mays

Karli Mays, daughter of Kevin Kelly and Lois Hand-Miller, has accepted a job offer from The Cook County State's Attorney's Office. After receiving her degree in Political Science from The University of Iowa, Karli moved to Chicago in pursuit of her Juris Doctorate from The John Marshall Law School. While attending Law School, Karli worked as a clerk for the State's Attorney's Office, specializing in issues regarding domestic violence, felony and traffic violations. Karli began her career as Assistant State's Attorney in Chicago on June 17th. Please join us in congratulating Karli on this great accomplishment.

Aanestad

The staff, parents and children of University Preschool would like to honor teacher Kiki Aanestad with a retirement reception on May 18th from 3-4:30 p.m. at University Preschool, 212 Myrtle Avenue, Iowa City. The public is invited to help us celebrate the 21 years "Teacher Kiki" spent teaching and caring for many hundreds of area preschoolers. Please join us in sending Kiki off to a wonderful and much deserved retirement!